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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...manifested in the remarkable pluck and ingenuity of the Draper himself. Faced with the decision to continue on blindly, and unhappily, as a piece in a nebulous mechanism he has no control over, our man refuses to resign himself to the station of a corporate whore (as his mother was, and as he views his soon-to-be ex-wife Betty to be). I, and certainly many fans, expected this finale to be a doomsday episode–the death of a character seemed inevitable. Instead, Don (really, Weiner, who co-wrote and directed the episode) embraced the notion that...

Author: By Ruben L. Davis, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: ‘Mad Men’ Reflects American Spirit | 11/13/2009 | See Source »

Matthew, an engineering student at the University of Washington, helped her create Web sites for these projects, but all of D’Asaro’s initiatives have been self-directed. Her father, an oceanographer, and her mother, a former computer technician, have played mostly supporting roles...

Author: By Xi Yu, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Record Breaker Gets on All Fours for Charity | 11/13/2009 | See Source »

...whole being is from Piedmont, West Virginia,” said Gates. “I wrote a love letter to those people, a love letter to my mother, a love letter to that way of life. Nothing thrills me like seeing the hills of West Virginia...

Author: By MARIETTA M COBURN, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Gates Recounts Racial History | 11/13/2009 | See Source »

...presentation proved to be moving as Gates described the profound loss of his mother who he attributes much of his success...

Author: By MARIETTA M COBURN, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Gates Recounts Racial History | 11/13/2009 | See Source »

Onto this scene stumbles Poe (Ronny Pompeo), seemingly in a drunken stupor. Pompeo successfully inhabits the role with a wild look in his dark, sunken eyes. Five women file in behind him, the five most influential women in his life, ranging from his mother to a whore with whom he forms a relationship. The women circle Poe—who collapses—and begin quietly singing adaptations of his most famous poems in unison, including “Annabelle Lee” and “Alone.” Each woman seemingly competes for Poe?...

Author: By B. marjorie Gullick, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: ‘Nevermore’ Reimagines Poe | 11/13/2009 | See Source »

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